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Apex High School

1501 Laura Duncan Rd, Apex, NC, 27502-1539 -

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Definition of Terms

Apex High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Wake County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2314 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

132 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 679 students

Grade 10 - 601 students

Grade 11 - 548 students

Grade 12 - 486 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	4%	2%
% Hispanic	5%	5%
% Black	12%	31%
% White	80%	59%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

27%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Wake County s School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	138	12
Number of Students Managed	122,735 students	6,210 students
District Total Revenue	$1,116,863,000	$47,973,000
District Expenditure	$1,019,010,000	$45,994,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,100	$7,725
District Expenditure / Student	$8,303	$7,406
District Graduation Rates	84%	74%

Wake County health officials offer vaccine through clinics (News 14 Carolina)
posted on November 21, 2009 at 06:31:25 pm
Wake County health officials said they have plenty of vaccinations available for healthy children ages 2 to 18. They plan to give out the vaccination Saturday at various clinics throughout Wake County.
Wake clinics offer H1N1 vaccine (The News & Observer)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 03:41:36 am
Wake County children can get H1N1 flu vaccine Saturday at three different sites.
Three H1N1 Vaccination Clinics To Open In Wake Co. (NBC 17 Raleigh)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 03:27:37 pm
Wake County will open three H1N1 vaccination clinics for healthy children ages two to 18. The clinics will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Sunnybrook Building in Raleigh, the Northern Regional Center in Wake Forest, and Apex High School in Apex. Clinics will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will offer both the nasal and injectable forms of the vaccine. "The last several times we have opened ...
Three H1N1 Vaccination Clinics To Open In Wake Co. (MyNC.com)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 03:25:14 pm
Wake County will open three H1N1 vaccination clinics for healthy children ages two to 18.
Teens Orgnaize Special Olympics Tennis Tournament (MyNC.com)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 05:10:15 pm
The kindness of some local high school students made it possible for more than 60 athletes with developmental disabilities to compete in a tennis tournament this weekend.

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Apex High School is located in Apex, North Carolina in the United States. It is part of the Wake County Public School System and is on a 4x4 Block Schedule.
Departments
Athletics
Apex High School fields varsity teams for the following sports:Men's/Women's Basketball,Football Men's Baseball,Women's Softball,Women's Volleyball,Men's/Women's Soccer,Men's/Women's Lacrosse,Men's/Women's Tennis,Cross Country,Track & Field,Swimming,Diving,Gymnastics,Wrestling.
Clubs and activities
Apex High School offers thirty-nine different clubs and activities:Academic Decathlon, Adopt-a-Freshman, Amnesty International, Art Club, Chess Club, Chorus, Cougar Club, Dance Club, DECA, Drama Club, Driver's Education, Environmental Club, FCA, FCCLA, French Club, FTA, German Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Inline Hockey Club, HOSA, International Ambassador Society, International Thespian Society, Japanese Club, Key Club, Legacy (Newspaper), Latin Club, Marching Band, Minority Empowerment Society, MSA, National Honor Society, Orchestra, Programming Club, Spanish Club, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica,Student Council, Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND), Teenage Democrats, Teenage Republicans, Teens Against Poverty,Yearbook, Ultimate Frisbee/Disc Golf Club, Trezona's Chemistry, Calculus with Mrs. Barritt, Step Team.
Foreign languages
French (no longer offered)
German
Latin (no longer offered)
Spanish
Music
Apex High School also features Concert and Marching Band. Under the direction of Mr. Paul Rowe, the band currently has 3 band classes: Concert Band I, Concert Band II, and Concert Band IV (Wind Ensemble). Marching Band is currently an extracurricular activity. The Apex high marching band has won numerous awards among competitions in North Carolina and Virginia including grand champion. The marching band has performed at Disney world and plans to play there again this year.
Apex High School Honors Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus, Honors Men's Chorus and Intermediate Women's Chorus. Under the direction of Mrs. Heather Copley, the chorus has three chorus classes: Men's Chorus, Intermediate Women's Chorus, and Honors Women's Chorus.
Technology
Apex High School features a (Academy of Information Technology) program. AOIT works to integrate the use of technology into the standard high school curriculum though projects promoting the use of technology in preparing research, conducting presentations, and communicating with teachers and other students. Through the AOIT program Apex High School is also able to offer technical courses covering topics such as the use of desktop applications and introductory programming. The applications courses range from Applications I, covering the use of applications such as Microsoft Office, up to E-Commerce I which covers static web development including XHTML and basic JavaScript and a new capstone course for Seniors: Digital Video and Media. Programming courses offered cover four different programming languages starting with Visual Basic .NET (Computer Programming I) followed by C++ (Information Technology I), SAS (SAS Programming I), and Java (AP Computer Science A).
External links
AOIT at Apex High School
Wake County Public School System
Apex High School Art Blog
Town of Apex Website

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